One year after the events of Trespasser, Solas and Ellana Lavellan are both building their power, facing that there is a good chance they will have to eventually fight each other. They still meet in dreams but after a year of silence Ellana does something that changes their relationship. Meanwhile elves all across Thedas are being forced to choose sides for the upcoming war.

He never stopped watching over her, and she never stopped chasing him. Three years have passed and Aura Lavellan has stopped at nothing to prove Solas wrong. However, his plans come to a grinding halt when the Anchor has re-rooted itself to her body and people seek to control her or end her life. He must decide now between destroying his love or destroying the world.